>> You've presented good logic for acceping mail from self to self.
>> But you haven't explained by using the AWL for mail from self to
>> self is better than not having it.
On Jun 2, 2008, at 4:02 AM, Jonas Eckerman wrote:
> Because it can help discriminate between spam and ham addressed from
> self to self. Heres an example:
>
> StupidWebService send self->self addressed ham from relay 1.2.3.4
>
> EvilSpammer send self->self addressed spam from relay 5.6.7.8 (wich,
> unfortunately, belongs to a big ISP so the relay doesn'ät get
> blocked).
>
> One day StupidWebService send a ham that triggered a bunch of
> positive hits (including BAYES_99). Since mail from self@1.2 has a
> negative score in the AWL, the mail gets though all right.
>
> One day EvilSpammer manages to send a mail that doesnät hit any
> positive rules, but does hit BAYES_00. Since self@5.6 has a high
> positive score in the AWL, the mail still gets flagged as spam.
>
> If the AWL ignore mail from self->self, the two mails in the above
> example would have been misclassified.
Indeed. I submit you are right.
FYI: I still haven't had another misclassification since the first, so
I'm beginning to think that this was a lark.
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Jo Rhett
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